It’s a parking one

Yeah, maybe pop round and clean the house too?

if they won't listen to polite reasonable requests, i'd
a) report to the council
b) report to the police
c) purposely be an arse and park over her driveway every day.

We do too, but we have a child minder and a church in our road, so the residents know my car for example. but if i park over my driveway on a day thats normally a babygroup at the church hall, and not the next week, they will think, oh its ok - I'll just park there, someone did last week

"The taxi driver is not blocking my drive and is parking perfectly legally.
I believe the Mum has asked the Taxi driver to stop where they are stopping.
I just want to be able to get off my drive without someone completely blocking it everyday"

If they are parking deliberately across your drive have you thought about parking at the end of their 10m drive, preferably before the taxi turns up?

There is absolutely no point trying to be reasonable with people like this.

I would take a photo of the car every single time.

Then I'd approach her, whilst videoing, to tell her I'd taken a photo and ask her to please move her car or i'll need to report it. And I'd stand right there with her, during her interactions with the child/driver and keep politely repeating the request. Whilst videoing. Then I'd submit the photo and the video of her being abusive/refusing to the police.

And I'd do this every single time.

Yes you have to call the council and explain your issue to them

So if CF mum says "Billy doesn't like seatbelts - don't make him wear one", the taxi driver should just acquiesce? No, because he is in charge of the vehicle and must follow the laws of the land and the Highway Code. Ergo, he needs to stop leaving the child off somewhere ridiculous that results in child's CF mum blocking the OP's drive!

When she’s next due to be there just hide your car round the corner then block her in on your drive and go out. She’ll give you a mouthful but you can tell her you’ve got to dash and can’t stop. Having to be without her vehicle might prompt her to reflect on how selfish she’s been.

I would not criticise the taxi driver who may be being pressurised by the mum.

If you want to ‘keep using your drive out of principle’….. wtaf?

Every time she does it, take photos of the car with the registration visible and report it to the police.

When reporting say it is both blocking the drive and targeted deliberate harrassment.

SEN transport I think is still provided by the Council. So if they don't act you can raise it formally with them.

If you are to discuss it with the school, let them know the mother uses such language in front of her child, in case the word is used by the child whilst at school.

Complain to the taxi company and school, take photos and report to police and council. Might not actually help but you are a. doing something and b. Seeing you taking photos might change habits.

This makes sense to me. You can’t control people’s actions, only your reaction. If the short term solution is to make sure you aren’t blocked in then park across your own drive or park somewhere else. Then at least you aren’t inconvenienced.

In the background, sort it out with the taxi company, or contact the police.

If you have spoken to her and she’s not being reasonable or explaining why exactly she is doing it then I’d go for this: park over her drive for the same amount of time. Move and park across her drive in exactly the same way she does with yours. When she tells you why you are out of line explain that’s exactly why she shouldn’t park across your drive. See how she likes it?

edited to add: I would do this 5 mins before she usually moves to block your drive

But there is more than one way to stop her blocking the OP in.

And that is to break the habit either through council parking enforcement or through the taxi company no longer enabling the behaviour by dropping off elsewhere.

I too have been on the receiving end of abuse from driveway blockers. The best way to stop it was to get the council involved with tickets issued and the organisation contributing to the issue, such as the taxi company who should also be not enabling this parent.

I am sorry though that you were not supported by your council to stop those abusive parkers. It sounds rough.

Goodness what's wrong with people - CF For sure 😵‍💫 I'd also call the taxi company

Can you park your car in front of your driveway to stop her? It's not a solution for the long term of course but it would force her to go elsewhere and help get the message across.

Complain to the taxi company. Much more likely to get results than remonstrating with the cunty mother.

I didn't suggest you should move your car off your drive. I meant stop using it in the future, at least for now.

I knew the 'why should I...?' would come next I've been on the receiving end of the same kind of behaviour, complete with the gobful of abuse. It's not fun, and a little part of me died every time they 'won' the daily drive war but you might feel differently. If you want to carry on using your drive out of principle, then she'll keep blocking you in. No matter what you say, she's not going to suddenly stop because you said so.

There's only one way of stopping her blocking you in, soooo...

Then I would think that a complaint to the taxi company may also help and note this when you are discussing it with your council.